Joseph Bramah was an English inventor and locksmith. He is best known for having improved the flush toilet and for inventing the hydraulic press. Along with William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, he can be considered one of the two fathers of hydraulic engineering.
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Wikipedia 'Joseph Bramah': infobox birth_date, checked 2026-09-27View the Source Hydraulic Press (Wikipedia)
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It uses the hydraulic equivalent of a mechanical lever, and was also known as a Bramah press after the inventor, Joseph Bramah.
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